Canadian Polymoog owner

[NumeralEye]

Hi all,
Not really Canadian though......Scottish actually(aye), but been living in the suburbs of Vancouver for the last fifteen or so years.
One of the benefits of living in this corner of the world(apart from the weather) is the availability of "Classic" kit, so much so that over the last couple of years I seem to have acquired just about every item that I ever wanted,including my original rig, circa 1980,MiniKorg 700s and a Crumar Orchestrator(multiman).Still ooking to pick up a JP8 and OBx-a though(NOT in my original rig - I wish)
I'll list my kit later in the appropriate section.
I was listed previously under "Whitevision", but due to the forum filtering system requirements placed by "Herr" Brooks, (had to re-register as "NumeralEye" (both song titles by underachieving Glasgow synth rock band the BerlinBlondes).
My favourite keyboard player is the under-rated Mick McNeil of Simple Minds (hence the lusting for the JP8 and OBx-a).

And BTW, the "real name" is Johnny.

Cheers,

[labouch]

Hello and welcome (again?)

Not sure you'll be able to pick up a JP8 cheaply anymore, even 'over there'. OBXa's seem to be reasonable in the States still - at least according to eBay :-)

As for the mighty Mick, he's not underrated by me. Waterfront is as good as it gets for me ;D

[Dubsounds]

Hi Johnny,

Uber Sturmbannfuhrer Brooks here

Good to see you posting. I was into the Blondes back in 1981/2 and the Mike Thorne produced "Buildings In The Sand" remains one of the albums that brings back a lot of memories of the original "Numan days".

I've never heard of Whitevision or Numeralye though. I take it this is stuff they wrote after their EMI deal? Do you know much about them after "BITS" ?

[NumeralEye]

Shaun,
Those songs are actually pre-EMI, circa 1979......NumeralEye morphed into "The Zero Song" during production. The set list was obtained from a Fanzine called "Fumes" around that time.
I still favour the classic "drummerless" line up over the later new-wave version, and James Spenders' keyboards were one of the reasons I switched from guitar at the time, hence my original rig of the Crumar and Minikorg 700s.
They kind of faded into obscurity after 1980, although I did catch a couple of shows(with live drums) in 81/82 after Spender and David Ruddens departure, but they did not capture the sound or atmosphere of the 1979 lineup.
If you know of any other available material, I would be interested in hearing it.

[Dubsounds]

Bang on there, it's the drum machine stuff I love too. "Neon Probe" being about the best example of what used to grab me about them.

All I have left from them is the Framework/Zero Song 12inch and the BITS album but I did restore that vinyl some years back (for personal pleasure). If you fancy a cleaned up copy let me know and I'll bung you a CD. I doubt the masters exist for this now anyway, especially since EMI ditched half their archives in the early 90's!!!

[NumeralEye]

That would be awesome Shaun ;D

I'll return the favour

[Gavin]

Hello NumeralEye
Is that your real name?
Oh.

[NumeralEye]

Nice one Gav, cracks me up every time mate.